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Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them much better. Solid-state cells would be faster and safer than today’s lithium-ion equivalents.
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https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/05/20/breakthroughs-for-batteries-could-soon-make-them-much-better

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slazer2au
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slazer2au
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Assuming they are commercially viable otherwise they will become a patent on a shelf gathering dust like so many other breakthroughs in the last 20 years.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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That's the beauty of Chinese state driven economy. The state can pour money into new technologies at a scale that no private business would ever do, which makes it possible to get to the point where new tech becomes commercially viable.
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BrightCandle
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BrightCandle
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There are already companies mass producing solid state batteries with ~380KWh densities for a Litre, substantially better than Li-ion and safer as well since they don't ignite. They just aren't at the sort of scale yet where a lot of the market will be using them.
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